This is an industry that generates addicted gamblers and they are desperate to get money

Legalized gambling is the leading cause of bankruptcy

The gambling interests like to point to the construction jobs, but those jobs go away

I would hate to see the state of Wisconsin make another mistake and locate another casino in a high-density population area

A study in Illinois in the mid-1990s found that 65 percent of businesses were hurt by the proximity of gambling

Bankruptcies and addictions increase in areas with casinos

Utah sells itself to Fortune 500 companies as a noncasino state where employers don't have to be concerned about absenteeism and other problems associated with gambling

Crime goes up 10 percent due to the gambling by the third year after racinos or slot machines are open, and then it continues upward after that

27 percent to 55 percent of casino revenues come from problem or pathological gamblers

The ABCs of legalized gambling - addictions, bankruptcies and crime

There would be economic disruption in Omaha from expanded gambling...You would just be moving Chernobyl closer to the population center

Live a fuller sacred life.

No matter how big or soft or warm your bed is you still have to get out of it.

Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.

He's no kind of gentleman. That's all right. I'm no kind of lady.

I've found it's better to talk to the machine and hang up if I get the person.

Even the poor can be fat in the U.S. That says something about a country. That's how incredible what we have is. But it can also take away incentive.

The ultimate reason for setting goals is to entice you to become the person it takes to achieve them

A Modern Mom to me is not always someone that juggles a career and family. A Modern Mom is a woman who takes care of herself on the inside and the outside.

I may cry ruining my make up, Wash away all things you've taken.. I don't care if I don't look pretty, Big girls cry when their hearts are breaking.